Abstract
This paper attempts to explore the poetry of two revolutionary poets
Ajmal Khattak and Percy Bysshe Shelley paying special heed to
―revolutionary idealism‖ using critical discourse analysis (CDA) as
method of analysis. Ajmal Khattak was a 20th century revolutionary
Pashto poet and Percy Shelley was a nineteenth century British poet
who was a revolutionary and a romantic. Since both the poets were
idealists of their own respective times, therefore this paper seeks to
investigate the revolutionary idealism of both Ajmal and Shelley in
their poetry. This study serves a twofold purpose. Firstly, this study
compares two poets belonging to different social and political
backgrounds however their poetry served for revolution and idealism.
Secondly, the study utilizes critical discourse analysis as a method to
explore the lexical devices in the poetry of both these poets which
highlights the importance of CDA in analyzing poetry. The findings of
the study indicate that both Ajmal and Shelley though belonged to
different times, however, both served for the rights of common
masses. This idealism made them the best revolutionary poets of their
own times.
Nazir Ahmed Kasi, Saba Zaidi, Saman. (2019) Revolutionary Idealism as Theme: An Analysis of Ajmal Khattak and Percy Shelley’s Poetry, Takatoo Journal, Volume 11, Issue 21.
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